founder

創設者、創業者

会社や組織、長く続く活動を始めた人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who starts a company, organization, or other lasting activity.

• The founder still runs the company.
• Its founders met at university.
• Who was the founder of this school?

使い方： founder of something (She is the founder of a local charity.)

類義語： creator, establisher

よく使う表現： company founder, founder of something

鋳物師

熱く溶けた金属を型に流し込み、金属製品を作る人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who makes metal objects by pouring hot liquid metal into shaped containers.

• A founder cast the bronze bell.
• The workshop employed several skilled founders.
• The founder poured hot metal into a sand mould.

類義語： caster, metal caster

よく使う表現： bell founder, type founder, bronze founder

製鉄工

鉄を作るために原料を熱する、大きな炉を担当する作業員。

やさしい英語で： A worker responsible for a large furnace that heats materials to produce iron.

• The founder checked the blast furnace.
• An experienced founder supervised the smelting process.
• The ironworks employed two founders to manage its furnaces.

よく使う表現： iron founder, blast-furnace founder

蹄葉炎

馬の蹄の内部が腫れて痛む、重い病気。

やさしい英語で： A serious condition in horses in which the inside of the feet becomes swollen and painful.

• The pony developed founder last spring.
• The vet treated the horse for founder.
• Severe founder can leave a horse unable to walk.

類義語： laminitis

よく使う表現： severe founder, founder in horses

失敗する、頓挫する

深刻な問題のために失敗したり、進展しなくなったりする。

やさしい英語で： To fail or stop making progress because of serious problems.

• Their plans foundered through lack of money.
• The talks foundered when neither side would compromise.
• Without public support, the project may founder.

使い方： founder on something (The deal foundered on a dispute over costs.)

類義語： fail, collapse

反対語： succeed

よく使う表現： founder on something, plans founder

沈める

船に水が入り、沈むようにする。

やさしい英語で： To make a boat or ship fill with water and sink.

• Huge waves foundered the boat.
• The storm foundered several fishing vessels.
• Water pouring through the damaged hull finally foundered the ship.

類義語： sink, swamp

よく使う表現： founder a ship, founder the boat

つまずく

つまずいたり倒れたりし、ときにはうまく歩けなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To stumble or fall, sometimes becoming unable to walk properly.

• The horse foundered on the rough track.
• His tired mount foundered and fell.
• The rider stopped when her horse began to founder.

類義語： stumble, fall

よく使う表現： founder in mud, founder on something